Many of the high performance airplanes such as the sailplanes flown in
F5B competition and even larger sport models use 18-26 cells and draw
50 amps plus. Some of the F5B racers will drain a 20+ cell pack of 1700
mAh batteries in 20 seconds or so.

Tim

On Tue, 7 Nov 1995, Mark A. Corio wrote:

> What kind of RC model needs 50 or 100 Amps of current?  Even at 9-volts thats
> into the horsepower range!!!
>
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